Gold Miners home opener spoiled in shutout setback vs. Crunch

KIRKLAND LAKE – Tyson Moore dished out a personal single-game-best four assists while Sebastien Ouimet tallied twice and Michael Nickolau posted his first Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League shutout as the Cochrane Crunch went on to blank the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 5-0 Sunday afternoon at the Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. Neither side would convert […]

GALLERY: Timmins slips past Hearst

TIMMINS – A Josh Dickson power play goal, during a two-man advantage six and a half minutes into the second period, proved to be the game-winner as the Timmins Rock went on to edge the Hearst Lumberjacks 2-1 Sunday in a tightly-contested Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League affair at McIntyre Arena. Some crafty work on […]

NOJHL announces Cochrane – Kirkland Lake December slate

SUDBURY – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Wednesday the December regular season schedule for six match-ups between the Cochrane Crunch and Kirkland Lake Gold Miners. This head-to-head cohort series will commence Sunday afternoon with a 2:30 p.m. start at Kirkland Lake’s Joe Mavrinac Community Complex. The two sides will then meet on Tuesday, […]

8 additional NOJHL games for December announced

SUDBURY – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League released Monday the information for eight additional regular season games that will be on the slate for December. They will be a pair of four-game match-ups that feature the Soo Thunderbirds meeting the Espanola Express and the Blind River Beavers going up against the Rayside-Balfour Canadians. All […]

NOJHL announces Timmins – Hearst December schedule

SUDBURY – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Thursday the December schedule for the upcoming six-game monthly-slate between the Timmins Rock and Hearst Lumberjacks. It will commence on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. at McIntyre Arena in Timmins. All six Rock – Lumberjacks contests will be streamed online via HockeyTV.com. Meanwhile, a schedule […]

NOJHL names its Players of the Month for November

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Thursday its respective players of the month for November in the forward, defenceman, goaltender and rookie categories. FORWARD OF THE MONTH – QUINTON HILL, HEARST LUMBERJACKS: Appearing in five games during the time frame, which were all Lumberjacks’ victories, the 19-year-old from Coquitlam, B.C., registered […]

NOJHL names its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week

SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Monday that Espanola Express forward Devon Savignac along with goaltenders Alex Bugeja of the Soo Thunderbirds and Michael Nickolau of the Cochrane Crunch have been named its Eastlink TV 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending November 29. DEVON SAVIGNAC, (F) ESPANOLA EXPRESS […]

GALLERY: Soo strikes shorthanded late to pull out road win in Blind River

BLIND RIVER – Connor Toms’ goal, coming shorthanded with under five minutes to play proved to be the game-winner as the Soo Thunderbirds went on to defeat the Blind River Beavers 5-3 in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League matinee Sunday at the Blind River Community Centre. Starting off a kick save by the pad […]

GALLERY: Power play paces Rock past Canadians

TIMMINS – The Timmins Rock scored three times on the power play to help them drop the Rayside-Balfour Canadians 4-1 in a Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League encounter Saturday at McIntyre Arena. The hometown Rock were quick to strike as Riley Robitaille jammed in the rebound off a right pad save by Rayside-Balfour’s David Bowen […]

GALLERY: Beavers take lengthy shootout over Thunderbirds

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – A Nathan Balkwill goal in the eighth round of the shootout proved to be the difference maker as the Blind River Beavers pulled out a narrow 3-2 decision over the Soo Thunderbirds in Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League action Saturday at John Rhodes Community Centre. A fast-paced first period saw […]